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Bug#701656: marked as done (Include current input drivers when MODULES=dep, to support rescue shell)

Your message dated Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:51:41 +0100
with message-id <62ae7a06ebe22e35234359613e6d106ae8127e7c.camel@decadent.org.uk>
and subject line Re: Still an issue with usb kbds in initramfs rescue mode
has caused the Debian Bug report #701656,
regarding Include current input drivers when MODULES=dep, to support rescue shell
to be marked as done.

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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.109
The initramfs rescue shell doesn't recognize the USB keyboard if I do an expert install of Debian 7.0 and in response to "Drivers to include in the initrd" choose "targeted" instead of "generic". Same behavior with Debian 6.0 and "yaird" choice, in which case the initramfs-tools version is 0.98.2. In either case, the USB keyboard driver seems to not be included.
I'm landing in the initramfs rescue shell early in the boot process due to an incorrect kernel root= parameter in the GRUB configuration (due to an unrelated installer bug, which has been reported separately). I get: 

  ALERT!  /dev/sde1 does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!

  BusyBox v1.17.1 (Debian 1:1.17.1-8) built-in shell (ash)
  Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
  (initramfs)
At this point there is a blinking cursor. On systems with a PS/2 keyboard, I can type commands. With both a PS/2 keyboard and a USB keyboard, only the PS/2 keyboard works. But some of our machines don't have PS/2 ports! On those machines, I'm not totally stuck. Whereas the preceding BIOS and GRUB components did respond to the USB keyboard, the rescue shell at this point does not.
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 11:30:02 +0900 Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> wrote:
> unarchive 701656
> found 701656 0.139
> thanks
> 
> Hi
> 
> I just got dropped into an initramfs rescue shell, and realized that my
> USB keyboard does not work.
> 
> I have
>       MODULES=most
> in my /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf but still the device doesn't
> give a beep. I actually tried two different USB keyboards, with the same
> effect. It seems hid-generic or so should be fine, but it isn't loaded.
>
This bug report is about MODULES=dep, not MODULES=most.  Please open a
new bug report.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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their level of incompetence.

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